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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Recovery Cafe Dc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 832585355
DC · NTEE F20
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jacqueline Conerly, Executive Director / CEO ($60,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 137 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 50th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

How comparable organizations were selected

137 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 137 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $269,330 $60,000
$18,71110th
$35,97925th
$60,368Median
$77,01475th
$97,56290th
$60,000This org · 50th
p10$18,711
p25$35,979
p50$60,368
p75$77,014
p90$97,562
$60,000

Comparable organizations

Each figure is Form 990 Part VII columns D + F (reportable pay plus other compensation and benefits; column F may include amounts from related organizations), normalized to DC cost of living (BEA RPP, 2023) and to its filing year (CPI-U); the reported amount is on each linked 990.

OrganizationStateTotal revenueTotal compSource
Good Samaritans Of San DiegoCA $311,063$51,169 990
Schoharie County Council On Alcohol AndNY $315,674$25,702 990
Lifeline Rehabilitation And Prevention CenterCA $315,877$23,969 990
Unicoi County Prevention Coalition IncTN $322,089$68,496 990
Greater Spokane Substance Abuse CouncilWA $303,768$83,119 990
Lotus Recovery Homes IncWI $323,079$64,071 990
Arise Addiction Recovery IncME $302,800$62,897 990
Darjune Foundation IncWI $324,627$47,639 990
Mstepp IncAZ $301,816$97,884 990
Go The DistanceOR $301,000$73,065 990
Miami Recovery Project IncFL $297,774$74,937 990
Freedom House Ministries IncOR $329,121$83,513 990
New Hope Philly IncPA $296,738$73,834 990
Still Worthy IncSC $295,655$16,878 990
U-turn For Christ New MexicoNM $331,246$40,506 990
2nd Chance Ministry IncFL $331,454$27,553 990
Decatur Prevention Initiative IncGA $295,167$116,783 990
Point Of Return IncSC $332,201$71,547 990
Park County Court SupervisedWY $332,427$9,309 990
Anything HelpsMN $294,114$18,926 990
8 Oaks IncTN $333,043$29,597 990
Marwin Counseling Services IncAL $333,220$13,259 990
Welcoming Light IncNH $334,373$37,668 990
Lawyers Concerned For Lawyers-CT $336,990$101,504 990
Community Drug CoalitionNM $338,126$92,741 990

Methodology

Comparable organizations were drawn from electronically filed IRS Form 990 returns and matched on sector (NTEE code), budget (a size-adaptive revenue band that tightens as the organization grows), and geography (same-state first, broadening only when too few peers qualify); every organization within the band forms the peer set. To compare fairly across regions and years, peer compensation is normalized to DC cost of living (BEA Regional Price Parities, 2023) and to the subject's filing year (CPI-U). The figure benchmarked is Form 990 Part VII, Section A, columns D + F — reportable pay plus other compensation, benefits, and deferred amounts (column F may include amounts from related organizations) — with the chief executive matched by role. Related-organization amounts (column E) and institutional trustees are excluded. Full methodology: peerbasis.org/methodology.

Sample, role match & sensitivity

Sensitivity — the subject's percentile under alternative compensation definitions:

BasisSubject percentile
Total compensation (D + F), cost-of-living + inflation adjusted — the PeerBasis default50th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)60th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted53rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted49th

If the percentile moves materially across these definitions, the result is sensitive to methodology choices, and the board should weigh which basis best fits its facts.

Rebuttable presumption of reasonableness · 26 CFR 53.4958-6

Compensation paid by a tax-exempt organization is presumed reasonable — shifting the burden to the IRS — when three requirements are met. This report supplies the comparability data for the second. The board should record the following in its minutes concurrently with its decision:

Draft board minutes — executive compensation

  1. The compensation of the Executive Director / CEO (Jacqueline Conerly) was approved in advance by [the Board / Compensation Committee], composed of members with no conflict of interest with respect to the arrangement.
  2. Prior to its determination, the authorized body obtained and relied upon appropriate comparability data, namely the PeerBasis Compensation Comparability Determination dated June 9, 2026, comparing compensation against 137 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (F20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $60,000 is reasonable (approximately the 50th percentile of comparable organizations) and documented the basis for this determination concurrently, on [date], by a vote of [__ for / __ against].

Sources: IRS Form 990 e-file data (apps.irs.gov); IRS Business Master File (NTEE classification). This report is comparability data to support a board's good-faith determination under IRC 4958; it is not legal or tax advice. Generated by PeerBasis on June 9, 2026.